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What is “British spruce”?

1 April 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 3

It is quite common for species with similar timber properties to be lumped into a commercial “species combination” for trade  (the species are not differentiated – […]

Timber on the portable sawmill

Alternative species – project update

18 March 2016 Steven Adams 1

Work is continuing on the alternative “minor” species project which is looking at properties of different species grown in Scotland. 12 logs of Grand fir (Abies […]

Conference – wood science & woodworking

29 February 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 3

The University of Zagreb has issued an announcement calling for papers for The 27th International Conference on Wood Science and Technology “implementation of wood science […]

Queen’s Anniversary Prize ceremony

25 February 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

    HRH The Prince of Wales, with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, presented Queen’s Anniversary Prizes to recipients of the award in the eleventh […]

Visiting researchers go visting

19 February 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Visiting researcher, Filip Pantelić (left) and intern researcher Mélanie Libeau (right) took time from their lab work to visit Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet (centre) – who is a […]

Tree breeding and forest products

18 February 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

There was a good turn out to Forest Research’s seminar on Wednesday 17th February.  Speakers covered a range of topics related to tree breeding and diversification […]

FP1302 WoodMusICK call for STSMs

11 February 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

COST Action FP1302 “Wooden Musical Instrument Conservation and Knowledge” has issued a call for Short Scientific Missions Deadline for submission of the applications: 29.02.2016 Deadline […]

Project Update – Minor Species

12 January 2016 Steven Adams 0

Work is progressing in our project looking at the properties of several different “minor” species grown in Scotland. During the early part of 2015 Forest […]

Royal recognition for timber research

20 November 2015 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The timber research team at Edinburgh Napier University has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its internationally acclaimed work in “Innovations in UK timber construction reducing […]

Report on extractive content of Scottish roundwood

19 November 2015 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Steven Adams conducted a review of what has been published so far on extractive content of the main commercial softwood species in Scotland (namely Sitka […]

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